Chronic Lactation Insufficiency Is a Public Health Issue: Commentary on "We Need Patient-Centered Research in Breastfeeding Medicine" by Stuebe. Breastfeed Med 2021;16:349-350

The President's Corner article by Dr. Alison Stuebe entitled “We Need Patient-Centered Research in Breastfeeding Medicine” shines a light on the need for increased health care provider awareness, education, and empathy in clinical cases wherein exclusive breastfeeding is not able to be achieved.1 For lactating parents experiencing chronic lactation insufficiency—here defined as the production of less milk than is required to exclusively feed an infant for the duration of the breastfeeding relationship, despite following best practices—issues around health care provider awareness, along with a lack of evidence-based solutions, often lead only to increased frustration during an already fraught time for parents' physical and mental well-being.